DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/23 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 76.5 - - 74.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 279 - - 169 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6457 - - 6523 - - 5686 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5444 - - 5216 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7346 - - 7412 - - 6575 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 625 - - 609 - - 1147 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 503 - - 430 - - 129 W* B/S - - - - - - 37 - - 25 - - 7 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 250 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -971 - - -451 - - -634 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8318 - - 7864 - - 7210 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10161 - - -8315 - - -9893 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17507 - - 15727 - - 16468 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 54 - - 75 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 76.5 - - 74.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.1 - - 45.3 - - 45.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 75.2 - - 74.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.9 - - 44.0 - - 44.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 279 - - 169 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6457 - - 6523 - - 5686 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 4 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99636 32 084 33 077 33 081 99636 92117 29 094 24 092 24 072 92117 86345 29 109 21 091 22 081 86345 81543 23 095 20 092 20 082 81543 77399 16 081 22 092 16 087 77399 73735 10 067 16 073 15 088 73735 70411 11 126 5 026 13 043 70411 67369 12 070 5 219 12 331 67369 64564 15 009 1 030 7 301 64564 61851 17 330 14 346 12 327 61851 59030 23 326 21 330 20 318 59030 56122 35 317 30 325 25 315 56122 53365 45 308 41 317 33 317 53365 50897 53 308 49 306 41 314 50897 48693 56 305 56 303 51 310 48693 46698 58 301 64 300 61 303 46698 44872 61 301 67 299 64 298 44872 43185 63 305 70 300 69 303 43185 41614 75 311 74 306 78 306 41614 40130 83 309 84 310 79 301 40130 38719 83 313 85 308 79 302 38719 37345 91 312 83 308 75 298 37345 35942 93 317 81 310 73 294 35942 34482 85 317 75 312 70 295 34482 32970 73 310 70 309 58 297 32970 31390 69 305 68 303 56 298 31390 29726 66 303 67 303 57 301 29726 27984 62 304 63 305 53 304 27984 26165 55 305 60 306 50 304 26165 24271 49 304 53 308 46 309 24271 22304 40 300 49 306 42 313 22304 20258 29 300 39 307 35 310 20258 18132 18 306 21 307 26 292 18132 15972 10 302 8 309 15 278 15972 13895 8 279 4 306 8 281 13895 12010 7 275 3 264 5 270 12010 10344 5 272 3 251 5 254 10344 8873 3 276 2 291 3 272 8873 7578 2*266 2*271 1*212 7578 6437 2*261 3*268 2*188 6437 5425 2 257 3 262 3 197 5425 4531 3 252 3 256 3 201 4531 3740 3 249 3 251 4 202 3740 3031 3 246 3 248 4 204 3031 2404 3 242 4 244 4 205 2404 1881 3 241 4 242 4 206 1881 1478 3 239 4 240 4 206 1478 1202 3 238 4 240 4 207 1202 1034 2 237 3 238 4 206 1034 938 2 234 3 238 4 207 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography